porky

"It was hard and anybody in that position who says it wasn't, I think will be telling you porky pies."

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025

Austin recalled, “He was telling a porky pie,” and laughed, using Cockney rhyming slang for a lie.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

Inspired by classic aglio e olio but with a porky twist, this weeknight dinner involves very few ingredients and almost no effort.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2022

While it doesn't have that deep porky smokiness of a long-simmered pozole rojo, the Panera chicken tortilla soup hits all the right notes for a satisfying nod to Mexican-inspired flavors.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2022

Uncle Vernon was large and neckless, with an enormous black mustache; Aunt Petunia was horse-faced and bony; Dudley was blond, pink, and porky.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood says his old club Tottenham were "telling porkies" last season when they say they did not contact other potential managers while Sherwood was still in charge at White Hart Lane.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2015

He continually tells porkies and blames everyone/everything else on his poor showing.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2015

I'm not sure what porkies Harry told the committee that runs the hall, but I wouldn't have thought a party for himself counted as a particularly good cause.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2013

Then again, given his propensity for telling porkies in interviews, perhaps the bank vault never existed and he was holed up in a penthouse at the Sanderson all along?

From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2010

The Bishop of Bath and Wells said, “Now me lad, what’s your story, eh? And don't tell any porkies, remember as how you’re talkin’ to a bishop.”

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman